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EDITORIAL: Doubling down on life sciences is right idea
December 22, 2012
IBJ StaffThe Indiana Economic Development Corp.’s proposal to create a $30 million venture fund dedicated to life sciences startups
is good news for a valuable sector of our state economy that has been losing out to the more investor-friendly high-tech sector.
MoreEDITORIAL: Highways, transit not either/or choice
December 15, 2012
IBJ StaffAny discussion of the state’s transportation priorities would be incomplete without including the one topic legislators
have been reluctant to take on: mass transit.
MoreEDITORIAL: Praise for entrepreneurs who seize the moment
December 8, 2012
The three real estate developers profiled in our Commercial Real Estate Focus section this week personify that maxim—wisdom
that we often lose sight of in the midst of economic hardship.
MoreEDITORIAL: Holiday giving should last all year
December 1, 2012
IBJ StaffTis the season to give—and we’re not talking about the shop-till-you-drop display of conspicuous consumption that
started before the Thanksgiving leftovers were even cold.
MoreEDITORIAL: Transit question is 'how,' not 'if'
November 24, 2012
IBJ StaffMass transit advocates held a rally here to kick off Indy Connect Now, their latest attempt to convince state legislators
that voters in Marion and Hamilton counties should be allowed to decide whether to fund creation of a $1.3 billion bus and
light rail system in central Indiana.
MoreEDITORIAL: University bloat ripe for review
November 17, 2012
IBJ StaffThe number of administrative workers at Purdue shot up 54 percent in the past decade, nearly eight times the increase in tenured
and non-tenured faculty, Bloomberg reported. Meanwhile, the cost for room, board and other expenses for attending the university
swelled 60 percent.
MoreEDITORIAL: Pence should stick with business game plan
November 10, 2012
IBJ StaffIt will soon be time for newly elected governor Mike Pence to prove his critics wrong. Pence beat challenger John Gregg in
a closer-than-expected race in which he was accused of using his campaign’s major themes—jobs and the economy—to
hide his conservative social agenda from Hoosier voters.
MoreEDITORIAL: IndyCar board overreacted
November 3, 2012
IBJ StaffThe board's dismissal of CEO Randy Bernard seemed to cut a change agent off at the knees, and that could come back to haunt
them.
MoreEDITORIAL: Convention biz needs quick solution to flight woes
October 27, 2012
IBJ StaffLast week’s IBJ reported on an entirely different consequence of the direct-flight problem that should—must—break
us out of our stupor and get something done.
MoreEDITORIAL: Council's $15M CIB raid is shortsighted
October 20, 2012
IBJ StaffDemocrats on the Indianapolis City-County Council who voted to plug a hole in the city budget by charging the Capital Improvement
Board $15 million risk creating more problems than they solved.
MoreEDITORIAL: City waterways plan awash in promise
October 13, 2012
IBJ StaffIt’s invigorating to see the big potential of grass-roots economic development efforts. Take, for example, the Reconnecting
to Our Waterways initiative, a mammoth plan to use six waterways in the city to attract investment and improve the neighborhoods
that surround them.
MoreEDITORIAL: Residents' health a weighty issue
October 6, 2012
The projections released last month by Trust for America’s Health were sobering: By 2030, more than half of Hoosiers
will be obese.
MoreEDITORIAL: It's time for Mayor Ballard to take the baton
September 29, 2012
IBJ StaffA few weeks ago in this space, we called for someone—anyone—to step forward to take a leadership role in resolving
the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra’s labor dispute. The silence has been deafening.
MoreEDITORIAL: More Brainard scrutiny overdue
September 22, 2012
IBJ StaffIn a former life, Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard was a real estate attorney. So it shouldn’t surprise anyone that splashy
development projects have been a hallmark of his four terms as mayor.
MoreEDITORIAL: Stop obstructing TIF projects
September 15, 2012
We applaud the move by certain Democrats on the City-County Council last month to advance a proposal to expand the downtown
tax increment financing district. Now we’re counting on the full council to pass it when it’s eligible for consideration
at the council’s Sept. 17 meeting.
MoreEDITORIAL: Rally to save the symphony
September 8, 2012
IBJ StaffThe Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra is in a mess that will be hard to recover from, but it’s not too late for the symphony’s
depleted management, the musicians and the community to rally and save one of the city’s top cultural attractions before
it’s permanently crippled.
MoreEDITORIAL: Braly ouster overstates failures
September 1, 2012
IBJ StaffInvestors heaped criticism on former WellPoint Inc. CEO Angela Braly and called for her ouster in the weeks leading up to
her resignation Aug. 28, but her leadership of the health-insurance giant might not be judged so harshly once the smoke clears.
MoreEDITORIAL: Arts groups deserve support
August 25, 2012
IBJ StaffNew research from national advocacy group Americans for the Arts aims to prove that local arts organizations enrich us all,
literally as well as figuratively.
MoreEDITORIAL: Mayor must sign road, benefits measures
August 18, 2012
IBJ StaffOne measure provides health care benefits to the domestic partners of city employees. The other, known as Complete Streets,
requires that projects be designed to accommodate pedestrians, bicyclists and public transportation, not just cars.
MoreEDITORIAL: Time to break TIF logjam in Indianapolis
August 11, 2012
IBJ StaffRepublican Mayor Greg Ballard's aides says delayed action on funding proposals could jeopardize pending economic development
proposals.
MoreEDITORIAL: Schoolteachers need more upside
August 4, 2012
Education reform in Indiana has come to a point where lawmakers need to find ways to attract more of the best and brightest
into one of the most important of occupations, particularly as baby boomers retire.
MoreEDITORIAL: City needs to raise bar for project design
July 28, 2012
It’s puzzling that Indianapolis doesn’t demand more of those who shape its built environment.
MoreEDITORIAL: Indy Rezone initiative off to good start
July 21, 2012
The city unveiled the Indy Rezone plan July 5, and it’s clear from the top of the project flow chart that fresh perspectives
are welcome.
MoreEDITORIAL: Road construction carries high costs
July 14, 2012
IBJ StaffHamilton County motorists may be forgiven the occasional bout of road rage this summer.
MoreEDITORIAL: BrightPoint sale opens new chapter for Laikin
July 7, 2012
IBJ StaffIt remains to be seen what will happen to BrightPoint’s 1,300 employees in the Indianapolis area.
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Ameriana Bank took over Westfield Farmers Market for 2013 and it is held in their parking lot, corner of 32 and Carey road, 5 to 8. I am selling soap and candles there. great market!
B&T certainly has enough of our taxpayer dollars to do this thanks to Mayor Ballard. Given the firm's exceedingly poor reputation in the legal community, the basement would seem a better option.
Should read MAY hire 20 people.
Not a good location for a 300,000 home. 10th Street fumes, buses, noise. Max for this location 150,000.
The state constitution also does not say that the majority has a right to quorum, nor that the minority is required to allow them quorum. In fact, denial of quorum has been a parliamentary maneuver since the establishment of the first parliaments in the early 1600s. The right to deny quorum (and the requirement fore quorum) are to prevent exactly what happened in Indiana: A tyrannical majority pushing through odious, objectionable legislation. Denial of quorum is totally legitimate, and lest we forget, a tactic the GOP has employed many, many times to ensure their issues weren't given short shrift. By allowing the majority to impose "fines" on the minority for exercising the authority the constitution grants them (to deny quorum,) they are violating the constitution.